Saturday 28th January, 2012
Search effort re-doubled for fishermen in Cork
Over two hundred search and rescue volunteers, including 48 divers, are due in West Cork this morning to take part in the on-going search for the two missing ...
Grammy-winning composer Clare Fischer dead at 83
LOS ANGELES -- Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83.Fischer died ...
Ex-IRA chief Sean Garland could be tried in Republic of Ireland over Korean forgery plot
Former IRA chief of staff Sean Garland, who has been linked to a plot to circulate counterfeit dollars produced by North Korea, could be prosecuted in the Republic of Ireland after his extradition ...
Well-wishers mark Ian Paisley's retirement from the pulpit
Belfast TelegraphFor the man who has had more farewells than Frank Sinatra, the Reverend Ian Paisley last night marked his retirement from the pulpit. The 85-year-old former DUP leader, North Antrim MP and ...
Former high-flier finds new route on €5 a day
Independent.ieAlaska in April -- while living off a paltry €5 a day.During the heady days of the Celtic Tiger, Chris says he was on the road to nowhere and was overly fixated with profit margins and the ...
Top tips to make the most of your stay
Independent.ie? A tip of around 10pc is expected in restaurants.? When arriving into an airport or train station do not take a taxi from a tout inside. To avoid being overcharged book through one of the official ...
Poles planning a special welcome for Green Army
Independent.ieGiovanni Trapattoni 's team for the games because they know Irish fans have a tradition of travelling to tournaments in large numbers.But hoteliers are holding back many of the rooms in order ...
High rates of prostate, lung cancer diagnosed
Independent.ieHigh rates of cancer were found among patients referred to the country's rapid-access clinics for prostate and lung disease last year, new figures revealed yesterday.Of the 1,944 people sent ...
Taoiseach: remarks on 'mad borrowing' taken out of context
Independent.ieEnda Kenny last night claimed his controversial comments that "mad borrowing" by Irish people caused the economic crash were taken out of context -- as a string of cabinet ministers rushed ...
No need to call closing time -- 'We'll stay open until fans stop drinking'
Independent.ieA trendy micro-brewery and restaurant called Brovaria is located on the main square in Poznan and is worth visiting, while a new bar -- Pijahnia Wodki i Piwa, located just off the square -- is based ...
Guns N' Roses return to capital
Independent.ieThe move forced Denis Desmond, the head of MCD Promotions, in charge of managing the event, to appeal for calm.Fans were forced to wait another 40 minutes until the band finally re-emerged at ...
Gap widens between variable and tracker mortgages
Independent.ieMORTGAGE holders who have a variable interest rate are paying far more than those on a tracker mortgage, and the problem is getting worse, the Central Bank said yesterday.The bank calculated that ...
Ex-ESB chief McManus gets €800,000 retirement package
Independent.ieSources say his deal may even have topped the €713,000 package paid to retired senior public servant, Dermot McCarthy, which caused political outrage last year.The latest figures show Mr ...
Quinn pledges to work with principals on saving schools
Independent.ieEducation Minister Ruairi Quinn has agreed to sit down with principals to discuss how small primary schools can amalgamate without closing any of them.Many small schools fear that cuts in teacher ...
Row over €212,000 lawyer fee for boy's court win
Independent.ieTHE High Court has been asked to rule on a dispute over a €212,000 instruction fee approved for a firm of solicitors representing a young boy who secured a €800,000 settlement over serious ...
Planes, trains and camper vans: getting to the matches
Independent.ieIreland to the tournament at 15,000.And so far camper vans have proven the most popular mode of transport, with Irish fans among those booking out "99.9pc" of vans around Europe.Hubertus ...
Rowdy supporters face being locked up in stadiums' prison cells
Independent.ieGdansk and Poznan.They will be used to lock up any violent fans before they are brought to the local police station and charged.However, stadium bosses don't expect Irish fans to cause trouble ...
Raonaid garda loses Supreme Court appeal
Independent.ieA GARDA failed in a Supreme Court appeal seeking to halt disciplinary proceedings alleging discreditable and insensitive conduct by him in his role as liaison officer with the family of murdered ...
A host of golden daffodils brighten winter chill
Independent.ieRay Gough and Peter Staskr picking daffodils in Gormanston, Co Meath, yesterday. Mark CondrenTHEY were never supposed to arrive so early but, thankfully, the country's daffodil bloom has ...
Commuters get free ride
Independent.ieDublin Bus allowed passengers to board the bus for free on a number of routes operating from the Ringsend and Donnybrook depots.Operations manager Donal Keating said less than 50 buses were ...
Gardai seize cache of dissident arms in apartment raid
Independent.ieGardai dealt a body blow to dissident terrorists in Dublin last night after seizing a haul of plastic explosives and grenades.The find was made in an outbuilding in an apartment block on the ...
Politician in blackmail case wants 'redress' from FF
Independent.ieA FORMER Fianna Fail councillor who was blackmailed after being photographed allegedly taking cocaine has accused the party of betrayal and making him out to be a criminal.Liam Kelly was speaking ...
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